An infographic illustrating how to improve the security of gas supply
Key Facts
- 2% of the UK’s net gas imports
- 69% of CHP uses natural gas
- 89% of CHP is in industry
- 6% of the UK's power needs are met through CHP
- CHP saves 15 million tonnes CO2 a year.
References
Gas meets 70% of the UK's heating needs
Source: The Future of Heating: Meeting the Challenge
How we calculated the CHP gas savings
CHP used 71,143 GWh of natural gas in 2012 to generate:
33,153 GWh of heat
17,907 GWh of electricity
If this heat and electricity was generated separately, would need 79,030 GWh of natural gas
Assume 81% boiler and 47% gas power efficiency
CHP saved 7,887 GWh of natural gas in 2012 equal to 0.706 billion cubic metres
Source: DUKES 2013
How we calculated shale gas production
A shale gas well is expected to produce 3 billion cubic feet of gas per well over 20 years
Source: DECC Strategic Environmental Assessment for Further Onshore Oil and Gas Licensing
3 billion cubic feet equal to 0.0850 billion cubic metres
CHP reduces gas imports: The gas saved through the use of CHP is equal to:
£165m benefit to UK balance of payments
Assumes import price of £21/MWh.
Source: European Comission “Quarterly Report Energy on European Gas Markets”, DG Energy Volume 6, issue 2 Second quarter 2013
477,000 homes’ annual gas demand
Assumes annual demand of 16,500 kWh
Source: DUKES 2013
CHP uses up to 30% less gas than traditional generation. Source: The Future of Heating: Meeting the Challenge
